Grain-meter



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

A. E. CLAY. GRAIN METER.

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ANSON E. CLAY, OF NE\VBURG, IOVA.

GRAIN-METER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,543, dated December17, 1889.

Application filed June 5, 1889. Serial No. 313,163. (No model.) a

To all whom it may concern: through a slot f (see Fig. 2) in a standardF, Be it known that I, ANSON E. CLAY, a citiwhich projects upwardly froma frame-bar Zen of the United States, residing at New/burg, a, the endsot which slot limit the extent of 5 5 in the county of Jasper and Stateof Iowa, the upward and downward swing of the ends 5 have inventedcertain new and useful Imof the bail, and thereby limit the upward andprovements in Grain-Meters, of which the downward movement of thegrain-receiver B. following is a specilication. Angle-plates G havevertical faces g, which This invention relates to grain-meters ot slideagainst angle -plates f fixed to the 6o that class in which the grain isreceived from trame-bars a, (see Figs. 2, 3, and 5,) to pre- 1o athrashing-machine or other continuous devent any lateral movement of thereceiver B livery in a vertically-reciprocating box or rewith referenceto detent-plates I-I, one of ceiver, in which it is automaticallyweighed which is iiXed to and projects below each and discharged ingiven quantities, as desired, frame-bar a. The corners 7L 7L of thesede- 65 and from opposite sides alternately of a tent-plates H arepreferably rounded ott, as

t 5 swinging partition in said receiver; and the shown at Figs. 2 and 3,and constitute the deinvention consists in constructions and comtentsproper. binations hereinafter described and claimed. The partition-boardI extends across the in- In the accompanying drawings, which illusteriorof the receiver B from one of its verti- 7o trate my invention, Figure 1is a side elevacal sides b to the other, and is suspended zo tion; Fig.2, an end elevation; Fig. 3, a secfrom said sideso by pivot-boltst'insuch mantional elevation in the line 3 3 in Fig. l. Fig. ner that it canswing on the pivots t to bring 4 is a top plan showing the receiver withits its lower end in close contact with either of upper part removed,and showing the swingtwo opposite sides b" of the open lower end 75 ingpartition or division board in section 5 of the receiver. The lower endof the parti- Fig. 5, an enlarged detail of parts hereinafter tion-boardI extends slightly below the lower described. end of the receiver B andcarries a plate one The operating parts of the meter are carend .I ofwhich projects from each edge of ried in a frame A, formed of verticalposts a, the board I such distance that each may en- 8o connected bytransverse posts c a, and gage with the adjacent detent h or h, as

3o strengthened by braces c. The grain-rehereinafter described. Theupper end of the ceiver B is formed of two sides b, vertical and board Iis covered with tin or sheet-iron, parallel at their lower parts, andinclined towhich is turned outwardly to torni iianges t" ward each otherat their upper parts, and its at the sides ot said board. other twosides tapered toward its lower end The trough K, with an inclineddischarg- 35 b and toward its upper end b, where said ing-bottom 7c, issuspended from the frame A sides are iiared outwardly, as shown. Thebeneath the open lower end of the receiver receiver B has a strap c ateach of its sides, B by hooks 7.5', and may be hung as shown from eachot which projects a stud or pivotor in an opposite direction thereto bythe bolt c. The pivots c are journaled one in same hooks, in order toreceive the measured 4o each end of a bail D, each arm or member d grainfrom the receiver B and to discharge it of which bail carries apivot-bolt C These into any desired receptacle.

bolts d are journaled one in each of the In use the apparatus is locatedso as to remetal platesc which extend upwardly and ceive the grain atits upper end from a form part of standards 61, that project upt'hrasheror any other source with a continu- 45 wardly from the bars a. The bailD has an ous supply; and to illustrate its operation I arm D extendingoutwardly, with a dependwill suppose the partition-board I to bestanding hook e, on which weights E maybe placed, ing, as shown by fulllines at Fig. 3, with the as desired. Thus the receiver B is suspendedlugs J at its lower end engaged with the de- IOO by the pivots c fromone end of the bail D, tents h to hold it in said position, and that 5owhich bail is in turn pivotally suspended on weights E are placed on thebeam D to balthe bolts c and provided at its other end ance. the weightof the receiver B, and also with the weights E. The arm D passes balancesuch weight or quantity of grain as it is desired to measure in eachcharge of said receiver. Vhen such quantity has entered t-her receiver,it will overbalance the weights E andv the receiver will drop to theposition shown by dotted lines at same tigure. This dropping or loweringoi' the receiver will carry the lugs .I below the plate I-I, and thusrelease said lugs from the detents, and the weight of the grain on thelower end of the partition I will then swing it over into the positionshown by dotted lines at same figure and allow the grain to escape, andasJ the grain escapes, its weight being diminished, the weights E willagain raise the receiver to its highest position and thereby bringY thelugs .I into engagement with the detents 7L,while the partition is stillheld in its last-described position by the escaping grain. The sameoperation is then repeated by the partition I being swung in theopposite die rection to that last described.

The apparatus may be located to discharge the grain from the spout Kinto any suitable receiver, and a registering apparatus ot' anypreferred kind may be attached to any desired moving part of theapparatus to register the number of discharges of grain from thereceiver B.

The upper part of the receiver B is formed separately from its lowerpart on the line (see Fig. 3,) and the two parts are held together byhooks and eyes L. (See Fig. l.) The hooks Il may be disengaged and theupper part of the receiver removed for access to its interior to removeor repair the partition I, or for any other purpose.

I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent-v l. In agrain-meter, the combination of the frame having the angle-plate g andplate H, provided with detents h and 7i', the bail D, pivotallysupportedby the frame and hav ing the weights E, the receiver B, suspended on thebail D and having the angle-plate G g, and the partition-board I, extend ing slightly below the end of the receiver and having a plate withprojecting end J, substantially as described.

2. In a graiumeter, the combination oi the frame having the angle-plateg and plate Il, provided with detents 7L and 7L', the bail D, pivotallysupported by the f'ame and having the weights E, the receiver B,suspended on the bail D and having the angle-plate G g, thepartition-board I, extending slightly below the end of the receiver andhavin g a plate with projecting ends J, and a trough K, suspended fromthe frame and hanging below the bottom of the receiver, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANSON E. CLAY. lVitnesses:

WM. MEANOR, J. T. GEssNA.

